Restitution of stolen assets to Kazakhstan successfully completed
Bern, 9.12.2015 - In time for International Anti-Corruption Day on 9 December, assets worth USD 115 million stolen from Kazakhstan in a corruption affair have been successfully and formally returned. In 2007 Switzerland, the USA and Kazakhstan established a joint foundation under Kazakh law, the BOTA Kazakh Child and Youth Development Foundation. The aim of this foundation was to use the returned money to the benefit of disadvantaged families and young people.